He’s still two years younger than I am. 🙂 If I manage to call him later, Ane will sing “Happy Birthday” to him over the phone. We’ll see if she remembers how to say happy birthday in Japanese – we read it in Yoko’s Paper Cranes two nights ago. Oh, and my volunteering stint in […]

Little Cousin has a new baby sister! My sister (The Sister Formerly Known As Little Cousin’s Mommy And Needs A New Blog Name) and my brother-in-law Oddball had their baby girl on Sunday, September 9th – Grandparents Day! Which was nice because my mother was present for the birth and got to cut the cord […]

This has been a very interesting week around here. Not only did Ane start preschool, and I start to prepare Tad for speech therapy, but the Webmaster has been under a deadline at work and working very late nights. I think he’s been home to kiss the kids good night twice this week. Last night, […]

1) Wal-Mart here is MUCH better than Wal-Mart back home 2) 3 kids + one slide = not enough slide to go around 3) 3 kids + 3 adults = adults are still outnumbered 4) Baths every night are good for the soul and get the sunscreen smell out of hair 5) Leave a good […]